Sports diplomacy at work: Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos arriving to welcome Anatoly Karpov in Baguio City, July 1978. I've never seen another world chess champion riding in a military jeep to review the troops.
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The 7th round of the Amsterdam IBM tournament, 21st July 1970. Boris Spassky is in play v. Georgi Tringov; Hein Donner is in play v. Hans Ree.
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A brief colour film from the opening round of the 20th Chess Olympiad, Skopje, Yugoslavia, September 19, 1972.
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US Ch starts Apr 20 in St Louis. Men's ch include Caruana, Nakamura, So, Onischuk, Robson, Shankland, Akobian, Xiong, Lendermann, Liang, Zherebukh, & Izoria. Women include Krush, Zatonskih, Abrahamyan, Paikidze, Foisor, Yu, Wang, Feng, Sharevich, Derakhshani, Gorti, & Goletiani.
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🔸Karun Cup 2018
🔸Round 8
⚪️Pourramezanali,Amirreza (2525)
⚫️Ghaem Maghami,Ehsan (2525)
🔸0-1
🔸Round 8
⚪️Pourramezanali,Amirreza (2525)
⚫️Ghaem Maghami,Ehsan (2525)
🔸0-1
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🔸Karun Cup 2018
🔸Round 8
⚪️Darini,Pouria (2492)
⚫️Mousavi,Seyed Khalil (2480)
🔸1-0
🔸Round 8
⚪️Darini,Pouria (2492)
⚫️Mousavi,Seyed Khalil (2480)
🔸1-0
📘 35...B×d5??
A blunder; black is ignoring his own king's position.
36.N×d5 Qg4+ 37.Kh2 1-0
if 37...R×d5 38.Re8+ Kf7 39.Qf8#
A blunder; black is ignoring his own king's position.
36.N×d5 Qg4+ 37.Kh2 1-0
if 37...R×d5 38.Re8+ Kf7 39.Qf8#
📘 17.Qe4!
A multi-purpose move:
- Attacking the b7 and g6-pawn.
- Protecting his own king against any sudden attack like Nf6 and Qg4.
17...Q×c2 18.Na3 B×a3 19.b×a3 Nc5 20.Q×g6 Rad8 21.Qf5 Q×d3 22.Q×d3 N×d3 23.B×b7 White is slightly better.
A multi-purpose move:
- Attacking the b7 and g6-pawn.
- Protecting his own king against any sudden attack like Nf6 and Qg4.
17...Q×c2 18.Na3 B×a3 19.b×a3 Nc5 20.Q×g6 Rad8 21.Qf5 Q×d3 22.Q×d3 N×d3 23.B×b7 White is slightly better.
📘 40...B×f3!
A perfect calculation by 22-year-old Russian grandmaster.
41.Nc3
(41.B×f3 N×f3 42.Q×f2 Qd2 -+)
41...B×e2+ 42.N×e2 Qd5 -+
A perfect calculation by 22-year-old Russian grandmaster.
41.Nc3
(41.B×f3 N×f3 42.Q×f2 Qd2 -+)
41...B×e2+ 42.N×e2 Qd5 -+
📘 28.Q×c4??
White could have easily drawn the game by 28.Nb5 or 28.Re3. Now, unfortunately, the game is over.
28...Nf4! 29.g×f4 Qh3 0-1
White could have easily drawn the game by 28.Nb5 or 28.Re3. Now, unfortunately, the game is over.
28...Nf4! 29.g×f4 Qh3 0-1
📕13...g5!
This allows Black to set up a strong pawn front on the kingside and also misplaces the knight. No hurry to remove the d6 pawn which is going nowhere.
This allows Black to set up a strong pawn front on the kingside and also misplaces the knight. No hurry to remove the d6 pawn which is going nowhere.
📕21...g4!
An excellent pawn sacrifice which effectively kills the h2 bishop as an offensive force. 22.hxg4 (22.Bxg4 Ne4! 23.Qe3 f5 24.Bf3 Qxc3 25.Qxc3 Nxc3-/+) 22...f5!
An excellent pawn sacrifice which effectively kills the h2 bishop as an offensive force. 22.hxg4 (22.Bxg4 Ne4! 23.Qe3 f5 24.Bf3 Qxc3 25.Qxc3 Nxc3-/+) 22...f5!